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Google and Facebook Are Watching You

Consumer activists dressed as mimes silently “tracked” Google executive Eric Schmidt all the way to his Senate hearing on Wednesday. And while the hearings were focused on the company’s alleged anti-competitive practices, the protesters following Schmidt through the capitol were more interested in driving home a message about consumer privacy.

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